On the Cusp

All our lives we're on the cusp

When entering a phase,

From infancy to toddlerhood 

And on, all through our days.

We go to school and then we’re on

The cusp of a career.

We date and fall in love; the cusp

Of family life draws near.

We reach the cusp of middle age

And possibly success,

Along with all the highs and lows 

Of life and all the stress.

As years go by, we reach the cusp

Of yet another stage,

Becoming “seniors” with the downfalls 

Linked with older age.

It ends the way that it begins -

For right from our first breath,

We go through life, forgetting

We are on the cusp of death.